Natural hedging as a risk prophylaxis and supplier financing instrument in automotive supply chains

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-141

  Hofmann, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Financial performance; Risk management; Small to medium sized enterprises; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952813663     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541111115374     Document Type: Article

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